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SUMMARY:Filipino American History Month
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/filipino-american-history-month/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230929T093000
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SUMMARY:TBRI Caregiver Training: Empowering Principles
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/tbri-caregiver-training-empowering-principles/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230915T093000
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SUMMARY:TBRI Caregiver Training: Connecting Principles
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/tbri-caregiver-training-connecting-principles/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231016
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UID:19307-1694736000-1697414399@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Hispanic Heritage Month
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/hispanic-awareness-month/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230913T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230913T183000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230802T230012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T230012Z
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SUMMARY:Nurturing Connections: Strategies for Developing Secure Attachments
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/nurturing-connections-strategies-for-developing-secure-attachments/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230911
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230927T214418Z
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UID:19285-1694304000-1694390399@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Grandparent's Day
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/grandparents-day-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230908T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230908T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230802T223342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T224224Z
UID:19033-1694165400-1694185200@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:TBRI Caregiver Training: Introduction & Overview
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/tbri-caregiver-training-introduction-overview/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230907T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230907T123000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230905T193931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T194038Z
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SUMMARY:New Training- Harnessing Happiness Hormones
DESCRIPTION:As we age\, changes naturally occur in the way our bodies stay regulated. Learn how life factors may even affect our hormone levels\, with stress having the worst impact. These include four “happiness hormones” (Serotonin\, Endorphins\, Oxytocin and Dopamine)\, as well as one stress hormone (Cortisol). \nDate: Thursday\, September 7\, 2023 \nTime: 10:30am-12:30pm \nLocation: Online (Zoom link will be sent in a Follow-Up Email 1-2 days before class)  \nPlease Note: this class serves as a foundation for Nick’s Sustaining the Caregiver series\, which will begin in two weeks. More information on this class and the series can be found by clicking on the links below.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/new-training-harnessing-happiness-hormones/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230905
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230128T013207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230128T013207Z
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SUMMARY:Labor Day
DESCRIPTION:Kids & Families will be closed on Monday\, September 4th in observance of Labor Day.
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/labor-day-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230905T194703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T195134Z
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SUMMARY:National Kinship Care Awareness Month
DESCRIPTION:Background  \n     The care of children by kin has centuries of tradition\, long before the formal child welfare system was created\, including family foster care. Tired parents could get a rest when grandparents would take youngsters and teens for a few hours or days. Relatives stepped in when there were parental financial\, medical\, or other crises and tragedies. Children would live with grandparents\, aunts and uncles\, older siblings\, or extended family members when parents needed to find employment and couldn’t take the children with them\, including when parents were deployed to serve the country.  \n     It was only in the early 1990s that relatives raising their younger family members were identified as a specific child welfare program area. “Family preservation” was coined in the 1970s\, and of course foster care and adoption programs date back a previous century. But there was no nationally recognized\, consistent name for the policies\, programs\, and practices connected with relatives raising children. To address growing concerns about the need for improved outcomes for children in foster care\, in 1990 the Child Welfare League of America and the National Foster Parent Association collaborated to convene a National Commission on Family Foster Care.  \n     With the considerable increase in the number of relatives caring for their younger family members and their commensurate compelling challenges\, the Commission looked for a name that would differentiate foster parenting and care by relatives. Variously described as relative care\, extended family care\, home of relative care\, and foster care with relatives\, the National Commission wanted a name that respected and reflected the significance of family relationships. The strength of kinship systems among diverse cultural and ethnic groups had long been documented\, for example in the 1974 book by Dr. Carol Stack\, All Our Kin – Strategies for Survival in a Black Community. Thus\, the name “kinship care” was selected by the National Commission under the leadership of NFPA and CWLA. It was published as a special chapter\, “The Significance of Kinship Care\,” in A National Blueprint for Fostering Infants\, Children\, and Youths in the 1990s.  (nfpaonline.org)  \nKinship Care Today  \n     Kinship care is recognized as the full-time protection and nurture of children by relatives\, members of their Tribes or clans\, godparents\, stepparents\, fictive kin\, or non-related extended family members. The definition is inclusive and respectful of cultural values and ties of affection. Whether formally through child protective services or informally through family arrangements\, kinship care aims to reduce the trauma of family separation and provide cultural and community ties. Within this definition there are two populations of kinship families:  \n\ninformal\, where children live with grandparents or other relatives and are not in the custody of a public child welfare agency; \nformal\, where children are in the care of a relative or non-related extended family member and in the custody of a public child welfare agency. \n\n     Whether informally arranged among family members or formally supported by the child welfare system\, it is essential to affirm and support the considerable contributions of kinship caregivers.    \nKinship Care in the United States  \n\n8 million- number of children who live with a relative who is the head of the household \n2.6 million- number of children who are being raised by a relative or close family friend and do not have a parent living in the household \n137\,356-number of children in foster care being raised by relatives \n\n\nFor every 1- child raised by kinship in foster care\, there are 18 being raised by kin outside of foster care \nIn 2010 26%- of children in foster care are being raised by relatives \nIn 2020 34%- of children in foster care are being raised by relatives (gu.org) \n\nLocal support  \n     In Ventura County\, it is estimated that over 5\,000 grandparents are raising grandchildren. Kids & Families Together has provided therapeutic counseling and education support services to kinship caregivers for over 20 years. Part of our work is provided by our Peer Partner and Educator program (PPE.) PPEs are para-professionals with lived experience in being a resource parent and or informal kinship caregiver. These amazing individuals walk alongside new or existing kinship caregivers coaching them on the Child Welfare System and Community Resources.   \nIn 2022-2023 PPEs provided education-support services to:   \n\n508-Resource Parents: relative and community homes \n1157 hours- of education-support services to relative and community homes. This includes coaching families on understanding the Child Welfare System and Community Resources \n\nIn 2022-2023 PPEs provided education-support services to:   \n\n453– Informal Kinship Caregivers (outside of foster care) \n\n\n1490 hours- of education-support services to informal kinship caregivers. This includes training and coaching (Informal Kinship Caregivers) on the Child Welfare System and resources and referrals for personal and household items \n\nAdvocacy   \n     While much progress has been made to support kinship families – such as Navigator Programs – much more is needed. For example\, while there is a National Foster Care Month\, we need to advocate for a National Kinship Care Month. Some states have been able to successfully achieve state resolutions for Kinship Care Month\, but a National Kinship Care Month is essential to be both celebratory and achieve essential resources for every kinship caregiving family across America. And words matter: there is a need for quality kinship care and quality family foster care. Kinship caregivers and foster parents are better together and advocate together for resources for all children!  \nResources/Links/More Information  \n\nHome (grandfamilies.org) \n\nKinship Care – The Annie E. Casey Foundation (aecf.org) \nKinship Care – Child Welfare Information Gateway \nKINSHIP CARE – CWLA \nGenerations United (gu.org) \nKids and Families Together – Ventura County Foster Care\, Kinship Care and Adoption Support 
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/national-kinship-care-awareness-month/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230927T171737Z
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UID:19283-1693526400-1696118399@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Suicide Prevention Month
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/suicide-prevention-month/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230927T171547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T171641Z
UID:19281-1693526400-1696118399@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Deaf Awareness Month
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/deaf-awareness-month/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230829T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230829T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230824T211819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T211819Z
UID:19158-1693332000-1693337400@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Prioritizing Goal Setting for Families and Caregivers
DESCRIPTION:New Training- Prioritizing Goal Setting for Families and Caregivers! \nKids & Families Together in collaboration with Ventura County Children & Family Services Care Provider Training Program\, presents a new training- Prioritizing Goal Setting for Families and Caregivers \nThis training is a Spanish Training and live English interpretation will be available via Zoom. \nTraining Objectives:\n• Discuss the value of a shared vision\n• Clarify personal or family goals based on identified vision\n• Understand how priorities influence progress in goal setting cycle. \nWhen: Tuesday\, August 29th\, 2023\, from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nWhere: Zoom \nRegister: Please click here to register! \nThis training counts toward required training hours. Please see flyers for more information.
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/prioritizing-goal-setting-for-families-and-caregivers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230828T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230828T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230802T231656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T231732Z
UID:19072-1693236600-1693242000@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Parent Support Group
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/parent-support-group-99/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230823
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230811T000225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T000225Z
UID:19102-1692662400-1692748799@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Women's Equality Day
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/womens-equality-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230821T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230821T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230802T231535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T231535Z
UID:19070-1692631800-1692637200@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Parent Support Group
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/parent-support-group-98/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230822
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230811T000107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T000107Z
UID:19100-1692576000-1692662399@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Senior Citizens Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/senior-citizens-day-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230820
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230811T000029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T000029Z
UID:19098-1692403200-1692489599@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:World Humanitarian Day
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/world-humanitarian-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230814T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230814T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230802T231322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T231455Z
UID:19067-1692027000-1692032400@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Parent Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/parent-support-group-97/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230812T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230812T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230626T215019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T215019Z
UID:18888-1691834400-1691841600@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Back to School Gift~Away
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/back-to-school-giftaway/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230809T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230809T183000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230802T225729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T225750Z
UID:19051-1691600400-1691605800@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Nurturing Connections: Parenting Styles
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URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/nurturing-connections-parenting-styles/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230809
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230810
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230810T235845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T235845Z
UID:19095-1691539200-1691625599@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations (UN) International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is observed on August 9th each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s Indigenous population. Also known as World Tribal Day\, this event also recognizes the achievements and contributions that Indigenous people make to improve world issues such as environmental protection. Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have retained social\, cultural\, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies in which they live. Despite their cultural differences\, indigenous peoples from around the world share common problems related to the protection of their rights as distinct peoples.  \nResources  \n\nInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples | United Nations \nReport: Implementing the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169: Towards an inclusive\, sustainable and just future \nNew national monument Grand Canyon ‘Ancestral Footprints’ map explored (usatoday.com) \nRead about local indigenous peoples: Native Californians (arcgis.com) 
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230807T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230807T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230802T231228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T231446Z
UID:19064-1691422200-1691427600@www.kidsandfamilies.org
SUMMARY:Parent Support Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/parent-support-group-96/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230731
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230720T174336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230720T174659Z
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SUMMARY:World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
DESCRIPTION:World Day Against Trafficking in Persons  \n     Since its inception in 2013\, this day has been sanctioned as an opportunity for raising awareness of the global problem of human trafficking. A few years ago\, a few of us had the opportunity to attend the Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking Myth Buster Panel where we learned a lot about what’s going on right in our community. VCCHAT started in 2015 and is comprised of Law Enforcement\, Victim Service Providers\, Legal Service Providers\, Faith Communities\, and concerned citizens that are dedicated to working together to address the critical issue of Human Trafficking in Ventura County.   \n     Human Trafficking is defined as the recruitment\, transportation\, harbor or receipt of an individual by use of force\, fraud or coercion for the purpose of sexual exploitation\, involuntary servitude\, debt bondage or slave labor; or any child under the age of 18 that is used for the purpose of sexual exploitation. This covers labor trafficking\, adult sex trafficking and CSEC Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.   \nThese common myths were busted:  \nMYTH-Human Trafficking only occurs outside the United States.   \nBUSTED: Human trafficking is very prevalent in the United States\, here are the 10 states with the highest rates of human trafficking (taken from https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/human-trafficking-statistics-by-state):  \n\n Nevada (7.50 per 100k)\n Mississippi (4.99 per 100k)\n Florida (4.08 per 100k)\n Georgia (3.85 per 100k)\n Ohio (3.84 per 100k)\n Delaware (3.84 per 100k)\n California (3.80 per 100k)\n Missouri (3.78 per 100k)\n Michigan (3.64 per 100k)\n Texas (3.63 per 100k)\n\nMYTH -Human Trafficking is always or usually a violent crime.   \nBUSTED: The most pervasive myth about human trafficking is that it often involves kidnapping or physically forcing someone into a situation. In reality\, most traffickers use psychological means such as\, tricking\, defrauding\, manipulating or threatening victims into providing commercial sex or exploitative labor.   \nMYTH – Only undocumented foreign nationals get trafficked in the United States.   \nBUSTED: Victims of human trafficking are those of all ages\, races\, genders and nationalities.  \nMYTH -If the trafficked person consented to be in their initial situation\, then it cannot be human trafficking or against their will because they “knew better.”  \nBUSTED: Initial consent to commercial sex or a labor setting prior to acts of force\, fraud\, or coercion (or if the victim is a minor in a sex trafficking situation) is not relevant to the crime\, nor is payment.  \n     The vast majority of recruitment is online- make sure you know who your kids are talking to! Since most of the media and imagery that surrounds human trafficking depicts victims who are chained and bound\, many victims don’t even know or believe they are being trafficked especially since the perpetrators are people they trust and have developed relationships with as a result of grooming. It is important to point out that it often takes approaching the victim more than one time for them to realize they need help. These victims are scared for their own safety as well as for their families and loved ones. Also\, the victims often believe that they will be arrested\, deported or lose their children if they report the trafficker. Most successes that have taken place are when the victim has the chance and space to form a relationship with a healthy person.  \n     Human trafficking is oftentimes the end result of a lifetime of vulnerabilities (trauma\, disability\, abuse\, violence\, poverty\, etc.) which is why it’s so important for the staff at K&FT to be aware of these facts. Many of the parents/caregivers we work with can be at risk. Children in foster care are a high-risk group for CSEC as well as labor trafficking as they move into adulthood and are looking for work.     \nWhat Can Commercial Sex Trafficking Look Like in Ventura County?  \n\nEscort services- Hotels/Motels\, Night/Strip Clubs\, Internet Ads \nOutdoor Solicitation- “Tracks” or “Strolls” (Street Side)\, Truck Stops \nResidential- Organized Brothels\, Private Homes/Drug Distribution or “Trap” Homes\, Massage Parlors \nPornography- Informal Distribution\, Formal Pornography Companies \nPersonal Sexual Servitude- Survival Sex\, Forced Marriage \nInternet Sex Acts- Webcams\, Text-Based/Phone Chat\, Social Media \n\nWhat Can Labor Trafficking Look Like in Ventura County?  \n\nMassage Parlors- Front Desk\, Cleaning Services\, Masseuse \nHotels & Hospitality- Housekeepers\, Janitorial/Maintenance Services\, Cooks \nTraveling Sales Crew- Door to Door\, Stationed Outside Establishments\, Selling Items (magazines\, candy\, etc.) \nAgriculture – Field workers\, packers \n\nACTION STEPS  \nWho to contact If You See Something/Someone Who Needs Help  \n\nNational Human Trafficking Resource Center- For survivors or current victims of sexual exploitation. Provides critical support\, information\, and services to get help; safety planning and tools to combat all forms of human trafficking. Call/text/chat online is confidential and available 24/7 to request assistance or report a tip anonymously. Available in English or Spanish or more than 200 additional languages through an on-call interpreter.  \n\nContact: 1-888-373-7888; Text: 233733;  \nWebsite: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/  \n\nLaw Enforcement- If you witness a suspicious situation and/or there is a possibility of immediate harm\, call 911 and use the key terminology “suspected human trafficking” so the call is addressed to the correct unit and routed properly.  \n\n\nVictims Services- There are 2 local hotlines that have lines open 24/7: \n\nAdult Victims- Interface Children & Family Services: 1-800-636-6738 \nChild Victims- Forever Found R.E.A.C.H.: 1-805-261-1212  \n\n\n\nIf You Are A:  \n\nParent/caregiver\, you can learn how youth are targeted and recruited (resources on VCCAHT) \nHealth Care Worker\, you can learn how to identify (Interface Children & Family Services has training specifically for health care industry) \n\nOther Things You Can Do:  \n\nBecome well-educated on the issue \n\n\nTalk to the children in your life \n\nConnect\, connect\, connect! \n\nRead stories \nPlan a picnic \nPlay a card game \nMake a pillow fort \nBlow bubbles \nHave a barbecue \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFoster or adopt a child \nRead survivor stories  \n\nThis American Life podcast: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/there-i-fixed-it/act-one-16) \nI Am Jasmine Strong video- 5min\, quick video that explains how grooming/CSEC can happen to youth: I Am Jasmine Strong – YouTube \n\n\nSupport state and federal legislation \n\n\nDonate to a local organization- Interface and Forever Found (look up foreverfound.org to find information on an upcoming Benefit Dinner & Live Auction) \n\nThese are just a few things\, find more at   \n\nVCCAHT Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking | California Against Slavery \nForever Found www.foreverfound.org/get-involved 
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/world-day-against-trafficking-in-persons/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230727
DTSTAMP:20260418T084250
CREATED:20230720T174256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T174026Z
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SUMMARY:National Disability Independence Day
DESCRIPTION:Disability Pride Month  \n     “In 2015\, New York City Mayor de Blasio declared July Disability Pride Month in NYC in celebration of the ADA’s 25th Anniversary. Though not yet nationally declared\, the disabled community has adopted New York City’s declaration. Disability Pride is a fairly new and radical idea. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) wasn’t enacted until 1990. Let me put this into\nperspective. If you are currently 31 years of age or older\, you lived in a\nworld where people with disabilities were unprotected against discrimination\nin education\, transportation\, the workplace\, and other areas vital to a good quality of life. Additionally\, many people without disabilities still view disabled individuals as lesser humans. Because many people with disabilities are unable to work in the same capacity as their able-bodied counterparts\, they are deemed weak and unproductive. In our capitalistic society\, this obviously doesn’t bode well. These hostilities and viewpoints are incredibly damaging to the self-esteem and mental health of people with disabilities. Disability Pride is all about reminding ourselves and the rest of the world that we MATTER and have VALUE just the way we are.”\nEverything You Need To Know About Disability Pride Month in 2022 (therollingexplorer.com)  \n     Disability Pride Flag designed by Ann Magill and updated in 2021 to ensure accessibility\, each color represents a different type of disability: physical (red)\, cognitive and intellectual (yellow)\, invisible and undiagnosed (white)\, psychosocial (blue)\, and sensory (green). The charcoal background symbolizes mourning and rage for the victims of ableist violence and abuse\, and the colored bands are placed diagonally to convey persons with disabilities “cutting across” societal barriers.\nImage pulled from https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/22/observing-disability-pride-month-july  \nThird Places and Disability \n     What are third places? From Wikipedia “In sociology\, the third place refers to the social surroundings that are separate from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and the workplace (“second place”). Examples of third places include churches\, cafes\, clubs\, public libraries\, gyms\, bookstores\, stoops\, and parks. In his book The Great Good Place (1989)\, Ray Oldenburg argues that third places are important for civil society\, democracy\, civic engagement\, and establishing feelings of a sense of place.“ \n     Third places are spaces separate from home and work where people find community. Sadly\, real-world third places can be difficult to access. Where can kids go to just play\, teens to hang out\, and adults to relax with others? Where can we go that doesn’t cost money\, allows us to be noisy or quiet\, allows people from a variety of beliefs to be together\, etc.? Online communities have become a third place that is important for many people but especially important for anyone with disabilities that may not be accommodated in real-world third places. Many third places are not physically accessible\, not participating in public health safety measures such as masking\, or don’t have programs/available spaces that are low to no cost.  \nCheck out this article by Imani Barbarin a Black disabled woman who is also a communications professional.\n  \nWith Twitter Crumbling\, It Feels Like The World Is Collapsing On Disabled People \nby Imani\nhttps://crutchesandspice.com/2022/11/16/with-twitter-crumbling-it-feels-like-the-world-is-collapsing-on-disabled-people/ \n \nNovember 16\, 2022\n \n     I don’t want to leave the platform and I feel like I am mourning it in real time.\nThey call us the “chronically online\,” those who “need to touch grass\,” the people who need to “log off\,” but for disabled people\, online spaces have been a lifeline in a world that seeks to erase and eradicate us. Even prior to the pandemic\, platforms like Twitter helped us to feel less alone and gaslit by our experiences and allowed us to contextualize our experiences in a way that gave us peace.\n     When I started CrutchesAndSpice.com\, I was coming off another major depressive episode and was feeling hopeless about the future. It had taken a long time for me to find a job. My resume always “looked good” but I could see the enthusiasm drain from the interviewee’s faces when they clocked my crutches and\, now that I had found a job\, it was only part-time\, and I was spending more on inaccessible transportation than I was making on my checks. Despite all the tv shows and films that I watched\, none really showed what it was like trying to be an adult—or any person—with a disability. It was like we all hit adulthood and disappeared.\n     I was raised to overcome my disability in quiet ways and always outperform people’s expectations\, but that didn’t matter much once I was no longer cute and “inspirational.” And\, because I was “normalized” in school from childhood\, I didn’t have many disabled friends who could relate\, and any time I spoke on these things\, I was just told to work harder.\nThat is—until I got to use Twitter more often.\n     I set up my Twitter profile in 2009 but didn’t spend too much on the platform until I started my first job outside of college in 2014. I had begun using my blog to write stories about being brought up as a Black\, disabled child because that was something I never got to see growing up. I shared these stories on Facebook\, but then branched out to Twitter and began engaging in conversations like #CripTheVote.\n     Through those hashtags\, I met other disabled people\, particularly\, Black disabled people who affirmed my experiences and were vulnerable enough to let into their worlds. I was finally seeing the representation I had always wanted and disabled people—Black disabled people were in the directors’ chairs creating our own narratives and forcing people to see us.\nMoved by the community\, I went to Graduate School for Global Communications with the express purpose of telling better disability stories and utilizing online spaces to create representation and community. Soon\, I started creating my own hashtags and online movements like #AbledsAreWeird and #PatientsAreNotFaking.\n     Through the disability community on Twitter\, it is no exaggeration to say that the disability community saved my life\, and it is through knowing them that I have found my purpose. I found answers to questions I didn’t even know to ask and support from people who only know me through their phones.\n     Without their grace\, kindness\, and understanding\, I can honestly say I don’t think I would be alive right now.\n     The disability communities and discourse that was done prior to 2020 became critically important during the pandemic. We knew that the ways we discussed disability would mean life and death for thousands of disabled folks across the United States. Disabled folks\, being criminally underrepresented\, now more than ever were reliant upon nondisabled people’s view of the value of our lives as they debated whether it was prudent to participate in COVID-19 mitigation efforts or not.\n     It was important that we shared information and resources and information with one another as the entire world had stopped more for us than any other group. While a lot of companies focused on the importance of disability in DEI work and how the pandemic proved accessibility and inclusion of us was always necessary\, they fail to see the full picture. While the world finally came to the realization disabled people were right the entire time and that accommodations were for all\, everything halted completely for disabled people.\nWe were left for dead.\n     Hospitals quickly reached capacity and medical rationing guidelines meant that we were at the back of the line to get care. Society and the system saw no point in saving us. On top of that\, we were cut off from our regular medical care\, services\, and education almost entirely. We had to sit and listen as people debated the merits of a disabled life and whether the economy should be punished for our existence.\n     We were isolated completely\, but we were able to connect and come together in our fear and anger over how our community was being pushed to the margins. We could make it to the timeline even if we couldn’t make it out of our homes and despite a world that had forgotten about us.\nAnd now a billionaire has bought Twitter.\n     It seems cartoonish that he would buy the platform that kept so many disabled people connected and therefore alive (for a greatly inflated price) and then seemingly scuttles it with bad decision after bad decision. For all the talk about how keeping disabled people alive throughout the pandemic was the greatest threat to the economy\, it was he who cost corporations billions in mere hours.\n     Thousands have lost their jobs or quit because of his “leadership” and the guardrails are off as content moderation disappears and accessibility no longer matters to the company.\nAside from the increased threat of harassment\, the greatest threat to the disability community is all the advocacy\, networks and supports we created on the platform could be wiped off of it.\nI fear that if the platform disappears\, the visibility that we’ve built—demanded—will be gone as well.\n     All my sarcasm over the last few weeks has been out of fear of what seems to be this eventuality. I am looking for ways for us to continue to be connected\, but I don’t think there’s any platform that can replicate the magic we created on Twitter.\nI don’t want to leave the platform and I feel like I am mourning it in real time.\nI don’t want to say goodbye.\n     I have decided to stick it out as long as possible\, but before it’s curtains\, I just want to say to each of you: thank you.\n     Thank you for saving my life and making it make sense. Thank you for the trust and privilege of getting to know you. Thank you for helping me understand my purpose. Thank you for helping me reach my dreams. Thank you for being unapologetically yourselves. Thank you for this community.\n     I’ll see you on the next one—wherever we go.\nFind more of her articles as well as social media profiles at https://crutchesandspice.com  \n  \nChronicon 2023\n     “On May 19th\, 2023\, a group of fabulous and caring people put their heart and souls into bringing the disabled and chronically ill from the Chronicon community\, from all over the US and Canada\, to meet each other face to face in many cases for the first time. They gathered to celebrate all that they are and all that they can and will become. It was truly the most amazingly iconic day…”\n \n     “Chronically ill people are one of the largest marginalized groups in the US and we have a lot of work to do in having real equality in our everyday lives\,” was our next topic of discussion led by the following panelists: Komal Minhas\, Resilience Educator\, Fortune Consultant\, and Host\, Julia Stephanides\, Workers’ Rights Lawyer and Founder of Legally Holistic\, Dr. Deepek Penesetti\, Triple Board Certified Child\, Adolescent\, and Adult Psychiatrist\, and Emily Ladau\, Author\, Advocate\, and Speaker.\n     Finding answers to our problems can be extremely difficult. That is why it is important for us to seek answers by finding our community. For instance\, “Loneliness is also known as “Death by 1\,000 Paper Cuts\,” according to Dr. Deepek Pensetti. “When you have something that you do not share with others\, that is loneliness.” “Loneliness is also known as “the silent struggle” and the best way to overcome it is with community\,” according to Dr. Pensetti. He also added that “change happens when one person humbled by life helps another.” That is what Chronicon is all about.\nGo to the website to read the full article about the event. https://mydiversability.com/blog/2023/6/28/summary-of-chronicon-2023-an-amazing-day-for-the-disabled-and-chronically-ill-community-to-come-together-to-celebrate-all-that-we-are  \nResources  \n\n12 Ways to Celebrate Disability Pride Month\nhttps://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/how-to-celebrate-disability-pride-month\nWhat You Need To Know About Ableism\nhttps://mydiversability.com/blog/2020/8/20/what-you-need-to-know-about-ableism\nDiversability Website\nhttps://mydiversability.com/ \nhttps://mydiversability.com/blog/2023/6/28/summary-of-chronicon-2023-an-amazing-day-for-the-disabled-and-chronically-ill-community-to-come-together-to-celebrate-all-that-we-are\nChronicon\nChronicon is on a mission to elevate the visibility of the 133+ million Americans living with a chronic illness. Because\, let’s be honest—this population deserves more love and support.\nhttps://chronicon.co/ \nhttps://www.thechroniconcommunity.com/landing?space_id=2928422\nPBS – articles and videos about Disability Pride\nhttps://www.pbs.org/articles/disability-pride-month-and-the-disability-rights-movement/\nDisability Pride Parade will be held in LA in October 2023\nhttps://www.disabilitypridela.com/ \nhttps://www.disabilitypridela.com/faqs\nThird Places\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/04/third-places-meet-new-people-pandemic/629468/ \n\nA collaborative effort shared on behalf of the JEDI team.
URL:https://www.kidsandfamilies.org/event/national-disability-independence-day/
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SUMMARY:Independence Day
DESCRIPTION:Kids & Families Together will be closed on Tuesday\, 7/4 in observance of Independence Day.
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SUMMARY:Father's Day
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:Juneteenth  \nJuneteenth marks the day that all slaves were freed in the United States. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863\, slavery wasn’t completely abolished until two years later. On June 19\, 1865\, 250\,000 enslaved Black people in Texas\, who were never informed of their freedom\, were finally told that they were free. The news came from General Gordon Granger and Union Army troops who marched to Galveston\, Texas\, to enforce the proclamation and free the last enslaved Black Americans in Texas. His specific statement went as follows:  “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States\, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves\, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer.”  Even though General Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox Court House two months earlier in Virginia\, slavery had remained relatively unaffected in Texas until General Granger stood on Texas soil and read that statement. June 19th marks the day when everyone in the United States was officially free and that’s why we celebrate Juneteenth. It has been celebrated annually on June 19th in various parts of the U.S. since 1865.  Juneteenth has been observed in communities and states as a holiday but in 2021\, President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law which is when Juneteenth became recognized as a federal holiday.  \n  \nLocal Celebration  \n  \nThis year\, in Ventura County\, Juneteenth will be celebrated in Oxnard’s Plaza Park (500 S. Street) on Saturday\, June 17th\, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.  This “Freedom Day Celebration” is free to the public; for more information\, check out the flier and visit their website. JUNETEENTH | Juneteenth-Oxnard (juneteenthoxnard.org)  \n  \nCounty Offices Closed  \nSince we collaborate with the county in our work\, we wanted to share that Ventura County government agencies will recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday starting this year. Read more in the VC Star: Ventura County recognizes Juneteenth as a paid holiday (vcstar.com) 
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SUMMARY:Nurturing Connections: Support and Training in Becoming a Therapeutic Parent
DESCRIPTION:Nurturing Connections: Support and Training in Becoming a Therapeutic Parent\nWho Should Attend: Foster/kinship resource parents\, adoptive parents\, legal guardians \nDescription: Support and training\, led by a therapist\, in a safe and supportive environment where participants can share their experiences as a foster or adoptive caregiver. Participants have a chance to explore their own attachment histories and strengthen their therapeutic parenting skills. Learn about attachment\, trauma\, development\, self-care\, and more. Resource parents can earn training hours! \n2023 Training Dates/Topics: \n\nJan. 11th: Staying Connected with\nBirth Families\nFeb. 8th: Making Sense of Your\nAttachment History\nMarch 8th: Ambiguous Loss\nApril 12th: Transracial Adoptive\nFamilies\nMay 10th: Vicarious Trauma and\nSelf-Care\nJune 14th: Building Resilience in\n\nWhen & Where: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 5-6:30pm\, Currently offered via Zoom. \nEnglish/Spanish: Group is in English with live Spanish interpretation! \nCost: Free for foster/kinship resource\, adoptive\, and legal guardian caregivers within the Ventura County Child Welfare System. \nRegister: Click Here to Register \nContact: Please contact us at 805-643-1446 Ext. 180 or referrals@kidsandfamilies.org with questions. \n \nPlease click images to expand
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SUMMARY:Election Day
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